Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday.Netanyahu meets Italian counterpart Meloni Calling on his Italian counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We have to defeat this barbarism, adding that this battle is between the forces of civilization and really monstrous barbarians who murdered, mutilated, raped, beheaded, and burned innocent people, babies, and grandmothers.Taking it to X, the Israeli PMO wrote, “This is a test, a test of civilization, and we will win. And we expect all the countries that lined up to fight ISIS, to line up and fight Hamas because Hamas is the new ISIS.”#WATCH | Office of Prime Minister of Israel tweets, Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Italian Prime Minister Meloni: We have to defeat this barbarism. This is a battle between the forces of civilization and really, monstrous barbarians who murdered, mutilated, raped, beheaded,… pic.twitter.com/3DPQwp8XNj— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023Meloni extends her support for Israel amid warMeanwhile, Meloni assured Italys support for Israel during her meeting with the Israeli PM.We defend the rights of Israel of defending itself... for its people. We absolutely understand that terrorism has to be fought, and we believe that you are able to do that in the best way, and we are different from those terrorists, the Italian PM said.Then, Netanyahu met Cypriot President Christodoulides, stressing that it was a battle of civilisation against barbarism.”What we saw in Gaza, along with our communities, is beyond description. It is savagery that is the worst that weve seen against Jewish people since the Holocaust. They captivated people, raped women, he said at a joint press briefing with the Cypriot President.#WATCH | Office of the Prime Minister of Israel tweets, Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Cypriot President Christodoulides: It is a battle of civilization against barbarism. What we saw in Gaza, along our communities is beyond description. It is savagery that is the worst that… pic.twitter.com/jC5vR69uaI— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023Our battle against Hamas is the battle of civilization against barbarism, Netanyahu added. Netanyahu on Hamas & ISIS linkInvoking his old address at the UN, during which he drew a parallel between Hamas and ISIS, the Israeli PMs office posted on X, Hamas, as I said in the UN ten years ago, almost a decade ago, Hamas is ISIS. People didnt believe me. Now they know its actually worse than ISIS, as President Biden said, and Chancellor Scholz said that Hamas are the new Nazis. The world united to fight the Nazis. The civilised world united to fight ISIS. And now, the civilised world should stand with us as we defeat ISIS. This is our goal.Earlier, US President Joe Biden and British PM Rishi Sunak also visited war-torn Israel to extend their solidarity with the country. In the war, at least 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas surprise attack on October 07.
